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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Touch”

  TOUCH:  Friday 9PM on FOX Tim Kring’s Heroes is a famous example of a hit series imploding in its second season, but his TOUCH–not nearly as big a success in its first version–is, at least, more intrig...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Project X”



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UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/21/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, adjusted numbers leveled much of the day’s playing field.  HART OF DIXIE and BEAUTY & THE BEAST reverted to last week’s 0.4/0.3 ratings, while at CBS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTH...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: “Boss” Not the Boss of Cable

> It’s lucky that BOSS is a bid for prestige by Starz, because it’s certainly not doing much on the ratings front.  The initial airing on Friday had a total of 659,000 viewers, which wouldn’t even be much...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.8.2017

  The GOLDEN GLOBES held steady. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK/CABLE SCORECARD – 12/10/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD salvaged a shred of is dignity by rising 0.1 in final Tuesday numbers, although the resulting 2.1 is still a new low for the show.  SHIELD ran until 9:01PM, and after that THE GOLDBERGS ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: No Fault In “Stars”; “Tomorrow” May Not Have One

  THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (20th) was expected to get off to a quick start, thanks to its wildly enthusiastic young female fanbase, and it did:  $8.2M, a huge number for a non-special effects movie.  (It includes shows at ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “30 Minutes Or Less”





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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/29/13

The Tuesday sitcom picture has changed. FOX:  It wasn’t so long ago, back in the days when The Voice was still leading off the night for NBC, that New Girl struggled mightily just to keep up with Go On.  Last night̵...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2012: “Once Upon A Time”

> ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME is one of the few no-question-about-it hits of the current television season, and the gathering at today’s PaleyFest session, while enormously enthusiastic, was less raucous and more comfort...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/4/13

  There’s everything else on television… and then there’s NFL football. NBC:  The preseason exhibition HALL OF FAME GAME is about as meaningless as any “NFL” game can be, but nonetheless it w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Broadcast Ratings September 12-18

>The week before the big network Premiere Week has NBC in first with about a 2.7 Adult 18-49 rating for the week and the other three major broadcasters at about a 1.7 rating.  NBC was helped by another very ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/30/13

  A definition of pathetic:  the combined rating for the four broadcast networks last night sunk below a 4 rating with adults 18-49, down 33% from the same night last year. CBS:  For what it’s worth, a 1.1 average ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: 6/7/13

  OPENINGS:  THE PURGE (Universal) will be instantly profitable by the end of its high $30Ms weekend, and while a great deal of that is due to the $3M production budget, a US marketing spend of only $20M (less than half t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 3.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.02 to 0.48, THE WONDER YEARS ticked up to 0.31, THE CONNERS was up 0.02 to 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS rose 0.06 to 0.37.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was up 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  ...
by Mitch Salem